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In success there’s a tendency to keep on doing what you were doing.

Alan Kay

If you’re utopian, you’re never satisfied.
ALAN KAY

Country never Utopian
But Basic happened to be on a GE timesharing system that was done by Dartmouth, and when GE decided to franchise that, it started spreading Basic around just because it was there, not because it had any intrinsic merits whatsoever.
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Around Basic Decide Done Franchise Happen Spread Timeshare
Bad criticism drives good criticism out of circulation. You just can’t criticize anything.
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Anything Bad Criticism Good Out
I hired finishers because I’m a good starter and a poor finisher.
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Finisher Good Hire Poor Starter
So I had read maybe 150 books by the time I hit 1st grade. And I already knew that the teachers were lying to me.
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Already Amybe Book Grade Lie Read Teacher Time
Science requires a society because even people who are trying to be good thinkers love their own thoughts and theories.
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Even Good Love Own People Require Science Society Theory Thinker Thought Try
When I first prepared this particular talk…
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First Particular Prepare Talk
There’s an element of surprise, and especially in science, there is often laughter that goes along with the “Aha.”
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Along Element Especial Go Laughter Often Science Surprise
The computer is simply an instrument whose music is ideas.
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Computer Idea Instrument Music Simply
School is basically about one point of view — the one the teacher has or the textbooks have.
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Basic Battle One Point School Teacher Textbook View
The real romance is out ahead and yet to come. The computer revolution hasn’t started yet.
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Ahead Come Out Real Romance Yet
Technology is anything that wasn’t around when you were born.
ALAN KAY

Anything Around Born Technology
They don’t like the idea of having different points of view, so it was a battle.
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Battle Different Idea Point View
Don’t worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
ALAN KAY

Anybody Do Else Is Do What Worry
Art also has this element. Our job is to remind us that there are more contexts than the one that we’re in – the one that we think is reality.
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Context Element Job More One Really Remind Think
The greatest single programming language ever designed
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Design Great Language Program Singer

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